Toponymic Studies
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Kanuri in Diaspora: A Historical Survey
Abstract: The study of place names which typically refers to the form of a place, its geographical quality, its situation in relation to water, its position, its flora or its fauna, often refers also to human uses to which the land was put; they commemorate events, or they are named after deities. Toponymic studies not only illustrate ethnic settlements but can also help identify discrete periods of the immigrations of people …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 39–46 Read article